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THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11,1941
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
is published three times weekly from September to June, is
sued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is pub
lished weekly from June through August.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
Subscription rate, $3 a school year. Advertising rates
upon request.
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service,
Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco.
Office^ Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
4-M44.
Don Gabriel Editor
E. M. Rosenthal Associate Editor
Ralph Oris well Advertising Manager
Sports Staff
Mike Hatkin l Sports Editor
W. F. Oxford i Assistant Sports Editor
Mike Mann Senior Sports Assistant
Jerry Gleason, D. B. Gofer. Junior Sports Editors
Circulation Staff
E. D. Wilmeth Circulation Manager
Photography Staff
Jack Jones.... Staff Photographer
Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel Assistant Photographers
Saturday’s Staff
Charlie Babcock Junior Editor
Jack Lamberson Assistant Advertising Manager
Lee Rogers :. Managing Editor
Reportorial Staff
Tom Leland, W. J. Hamilton, Calvin Brumley, Charles
McKnight, C. G. Scruggs, John May, Douglass Lancaster.
Strict Enforcement
Important moves destined to enlarg the auth
ority of the Senior Class were adopted at the
last meeting' of the organization command
ers. Keynote of the meeting was to restore
the authority and power of the seniors.
A. & M. is extremely fortunate in that
it offers real opportunities for leadership in
the affairs of the college. Because of the
military organization here, many details of
college life which are normally handled by
the administrative heads of a college are
given to the senior cadet officers.
This seemed to be the keynote of the
organization commanders meeting—to see
that the Senior Class takes full advantage of
the opportunities offered it in the way of
constructive leadership. In an effort to main
tain the prestige of the class, the organiza
tion commanders agreed to the more strict
enforcement of regulations which directly af
fect the corps.
Complete enforcement of uniform reg
ulations met with the approval of the group.
In the past there has been some laxity in re
gard to the proper wearing of the uniform,
but not this year. The privilege of wearing
civilian suits to dances will be strictly a se
nior privilege and will be enforced. The wear
ing of the uniform for underclassmen has
been extended so that all underclassmen will
appear in the official uniform while at col
lege or in the vicinity of the college. This
includes Bryan and other entertainment
centers within a 15 mile radius of the cam
pus.
Indicative of the emphasis on the proper
wearing of the correct uniform is shown by
making the violators of any of these rules
subject to disciplinary action by the Senior
Court. The opportunity exists for the Senior
Class to make a better A. & M. by the en
forcement of these rules.
of horses and buggies, to silence all radios,
to abolish all chain stores, or to tear up all
concrete highways.” Orville T. Bright, pres
ident, Illinois Education association, says that
every teacher must be convincingly articu
late in interpreting the modern aims of edu
cation.
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis
COVERING
Theij Sag
:A. C. Payne ;
“Youth,” said a well-known humorist, “is a
wonderful thing. It’s too bad that we have
to waste it on young people!”
This comment is a symptom of man’s
desire to combine youth and experience. How
often do we hear the wishful wail: “If I
were still a kid, and knew what I know now,
. . .”! It reminds one of the similarity be
tween human beings and a crop of garden
peas: For a considerable period they’re too
young to pick, and then, almost overnight,
they’re too old to eat!
It’s very easy to blame a lack of accom
plishment upon our teachers, or “the system,”
or our young and tender age. History, how
ever, has some encouraging records for us
in light of the latter’s use as scape goat.
Let’s look at a few of them—even if
they are considered remarkable exceptions
by the unsung “average fellow.”
At 17, Alexander Hamilton was a sig
nificant figure in colonial government.
At 18, Charles Spurgeon was already
recognized as a powerful preacher.
At 19, George Washington was a major,
Bach was a famous organist, and Bryant had
written, the classic “Thanatopsis.”
At 22, King Alfred was ruler of Eng
land; and at 26 Roger Williams had sown
the seed of religious freedom in the New
World.
These names are from history, it’s true,
but time hasn’t minimized their contribu
tions. Nor are the gates of possibility for
youth now closed. President Roosevelt is sur
rounded by national leaders who are char
acterized by their young appearance as well
as their fresh ideas. And—in the realm of
education—Robert Hutchins was only 30
when he became President of the University
of Chicago.
These are human symbols of the poten
tiality of college youth.
How old are you?
CAMP CALL AM
caips dimflONs
WITH
GopT^19^hJCin^FerUuiT^^|ndicAte^nc^\Vm4djjightsrc^jrvcd!
Listen, Buck, Either get that pack up where it belongs or go
over to the parachutists where you’ll look natural!”
BY
Charlie Babcock
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
I TOM VANNOY
Another distraction of the week- thrill you right down to the toes
end is “I WANTED WINGS” at and make you glad that you are
Guion Hall tonight. This is one an American,
of the pictures that can be ranked The midnight prevue at the Cam.
among the top few of the year, pus will start a few minutes after
It undoubtedly will remain as one the juke-box prom tonight to al-
of the best aviation films of all low those at the dance to attend
time. the show if they wish.
In the cast are such stars as The main distraction for tonight
Ray Milland, William Holden, is the juke bdX prom in Sbisa
Wayne Morris, Brian Donlevy, Hall from 9 till 12. Records of
Constance Moore, and Veronica all the present hits will be played
Lake. The whole story is marked and admission prices reduced to
with its marvelous acting and 25 cents per couple. This promises
photography. to be an economical evening’s en-
A portion of the story was film- tertainment for everyone who at-
ed at Randolph and Kelly Fields tends ’ So dro P around the raess
in San Antonio, the primary and haI1 tonight and turn loose with
advanced training schools of the overything you have for about
Air Corps. A flying fortress is three hours,
used in some of the shots taken At the Campus tomorrow and
during a blackout raid on an Monday Rita Hayworth and Tony
American city. Martin are starred in “MUSIC
Veronica has the role of a gold- ^ MY HEART.” Although this
digging night club singer who falls P^ture was made some time before
in love with Ray Milland, and La Hayworth attained such fame
causes him to be court-martialed. the movie world, it is one of
She is like a siren that has al- her best - The plot doesn’t need to
most reached the peak of its wail. i n terfere when Hayworth is on
You will either like her role a t be stage. If you like Rita, you
lot, or you will never want to (See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
or
see her again.
Don’t decide to
She does her job
The Way of Things . . . Oriental officials ... a survey' designed to } )as tiiy j though,
was the atmosphere of a letter re- calculate a cross section of what splendidly
ceived recently by Engineer Dean and how much the members of the
Gibb Gilchrist from Tientsin Uni- ca( 4et coips P a y ^ a ^h jcai foi a ^ m erican war planes in action will
The 1S ^ common articles.
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The goodly number of scenes of
Patient endurance of sufferings, bold
resistance of power, forgiveness of in
juries, hard-tried and faithful friend
ship, and self-sacrificing love, are seen
in beautiful relief over the flat uni
formity of life, or stand out in steady
and bright grandeur in the midst of the
dark deeds of men. —Richard Dana
Experience is the name everybody gives
to his mistakes. —Oscar Wilde
The World Turns On
By Dr. R. W. Steen :
Football Signs
Evidence of the ever increasing' enthusiasm
of the corps-over the football team is found
in the rapidity with which the fish manage
to get up the signs for next week’s game
as soon as a game is over.
That Aggie spirit is not on the down
grade is readily apparent from these signs.
However, some of the signs are straying
away from their original purpose. The signs
are football signs; their purpose is to boost
the morale of the team and of the corps.
Some of the present day signs com
pletely ignore the fact that the main event
on Saturday afternoons is a football game.
The signs are all right from an artistic
standpoint as well as content. The corps
should fully understand that since these
signs are representative of Aggieland, they
should be free from any objectionable fea
tures. The signs so far have been for the
most part worth of display on the campus,
but too many of them just don’t mention
football.
No matter how good a sign is, how ar
tistic it is, or how clever its theme is, some
thing is lacking if it fails as a football poster.
After all, the primary purpose of these signs
is football. Make it that way Army! Empha
size the game in the posters—that’s the point
in having signs.
Quotable Quotes
“Few teachers or administrators who have
been at work during the decade just ended
need be told that public education is under
fire. In every community there are many
sincere people who turn back in their think
ing to more peaceful and happy days of yore.
Not knowing that thus they are only mak
ing an effort to escape reality, they regard
the old days as golden, happy, peaceful
days—a vertitable golden age. Everything
that existed in those old days is touched with
a roseate glamour that makes them seem
ideal. Thus, when the problem of supporting
the school arises, there are, in every com
munity, a substantial number of middle-aged
people who are quite ready to turn against
modern school practices and who bring forth
many arguments to show that the ways qf.
teaching in their youth were much superior
to those of the present. Yet seriously to at
tempt to impose the kind of teaching that
was done in 1911 on 1941 were as futile as
to attempt to abolish automobiles in favor
For a good many months American mag
azines have been filled with articles attempt
ing to answer the question: When will Amer
ica go to war? Some of them are now carry
ing articles attempting to answer the ques
tion: When did America go to war? Offi-
ciallv. the only thing that can
take the country into a war is
an act of Congress. The Pres
ident, however, is commander-
in-chief of the army and navy,
and as such can certainly bring
about a state of war. It is dif
ficult to say whether or not
America is at war. No Amer
ican army has been engaged
with an enemy, but the Amer
ican navy is patrolling the seas
steen with orders to shoot on sight
vessels of certain countries. American fac
tories are producing great quantities of war
supplies which are being sent to Britain and
which are to be sent to Russia. It is perhaps
not correct to say that America is at war..
On the other hand it is not entirely correct
to say that America is at peace.
In 1942 the average American will be
gin to realize fully that the world, and per
haps America^ enjoys no peace. New taxes
and the war effort have already caused major
price increases. By next year people will
again be talking of the dread HCL—high
cost of living—which was so often a topic
for conversation during the last war. Auto
mobile production is to be greatly curtained,
and the government has just announced that
the construction of buildings not essential
to defense will be greatly curtailed. This
order will apply to new homes as well as to
business buildings. Taxes will be higher. Life
will be less free than in the good old days
before Hitler set out to endow the world
with a New Order.
About four months ago Germany set out
to conquer Russia in thirty days. The sched
ule has gone badly astray, and Germany is
now engaged in an all-out offensive to try
and defeat Russia before winter sets in.
There can be no doubt that Russia and Ger
many are now engaged in a life and death
struggle. If Russia fights off this drive she
may be able to hold her capital and neigh
boring outposts during the winter, and may
be in position to put up a better fight next
spring. If she does not stop this drive then
she will be faced with the alternative of
making peace on Hitler’s terms, or sacrific
ing western Russia, and attempting to carry
on a war far in the interior. Hitler’s legions
have made great progress in the last few
days, b,ut they are still many miles from
Moscow. It is still too soon to accept at face
value the German claim that “It’s all up with
Russia.”
versity in Tientsin, China,
correspondence carried the request Running true to popular opinion,
that A & M. ex- ca( let cigarette consumption ran
changes engineer tbe highest bill at $114,575. One
publications with of the unbelievable marks was
the Far East ^ ba ^ °f ^he magazine total at $19,-
school . . . Aggie 75L34.
representatives to Over on the necessity side of
TSCW this week the page we find that'wearing ap-
to select a corps parel put a dent of $740,181.41 in
trip sweetheart Aggieland’s pocketbook.
bring back the Gifts and entertainment totaled
good news that a a figure of $632,406.33, but the out-
Babcock time was had by standing point was that shows,
all. In between yoo-hoos at their dances, and cleaning and pressing
senior boots, the Aggies were costs comprised nearly half of the
over-worked with posing for pic- total amount,
tures with the Denton institution’s
fair ladies. Present plans are to . . .
complete the series of snapshots vJpLlITllStlC
in College Station today and to
morrow and then attempt to sell
the layout to some national pic- to the following tale that came
ture magazine ... In answer to up from San Antonio:
many queries: Red Nichols and “The Cadets sound 0. K. to me.
Company have returned to Hous- Please let me know when I can
ton today. Red had to keep an come to Randolph Field for a prac-
engagement in that city tonight, tice flight. If I like it I will sign
and although he would liked to up for the course. Keep ’em fly-
have visited the campus another ing until I get there.”
day, such a plan was impossible. So wrote a youth frora the
• 60 Mid West to Randolph Field of-
cpr c\r\f\ nnn T\/r l l ficials. Now they are wondering
if>0,UUU,UUU MarKet how to break the news to the boy
Many interesting figurative that there are no practice flights
facts were brought to light as a ... or rather they are all prac-
result of a recent survey by local tice flights.
• • •
Orchids of the month should
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday — “DAN C E
HALL,” with Cesar Romero
and Carole Landis.
Saturday prevue, Sunday,
Monday—“MUSIC IN MY
HEART,” featuring Tony
Martin and Rita Hayworth.
AT GUION HALL
Saturday — “I WANTED
WINGS,” starring Ray Mil-
land, William Holden, Con
stance Moore, and Veronica
Lake.
Monday, Tuesday—“MEET
JOHN DOE,” with Gary
Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck,
and Edward Arnold.
Eyes Tested
Glasses Fitted
Dr. John S. Caldwell
Bryan, Texas
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American tankships to British
service imposes temporary short
age of certain petroleum products
on the Atlantic Seaboard, but be
hind the scenes the American pe-
Georgia Draft Boards
Defer Collegians—
Georgia selective service head
quarters has recommended that
college students be deferred from troleum industry has been busy
military training as long as they strengthening and extending the
“maintain a standard of academic arteries of defense for mechanized
work which is satisfactory to the warfare. Within a few months the
college and to the local board.” United States will have a petro-
Major Charles J. Brockman, state leum service unequalled in the
occupational deferment director, world, although the expansion will
said the new deferment recommen- c ost the industry more than $300,-
dation will include all college stu- 000,000 this year alone.
dents not yet placed in classifica-
tion 1-A.
Local boards already had been
authorized to defer students tak
ing “essential courses’^ such as
medicine, dentistry, chemistry,
engineering, biology, geology,
physics and mining, but the state
headquarters wants the grades
looked into first.
A WORD TO THE FRESHMEN
Your Mother, Sister, or Sweetheart had rather have
a picture of you more than anything else you can
give her.
Let The Official Longhorn Photographer
Make Your Pictures
AGGIELAND STUDIO
C. E. GRIESSER
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FRIGID AIRE
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LAST DAY
Also
AICHE Hears
Talks at Opening
Meeting Of This Year
The first meeting of the Student
Chapter of the A.I.Ch.E. was held
Tuesday evening, October 2, in the Community Sing, Latest News
Petroleum lecture room. The new “Scrub Me Mama” — Cartoon
officers for the forthcoming year . ~—— —— ; ~
are: president, William Damas- reyU 1 f /r ^^.T , i^^[ a v
chke; vice-president, Jasper Bar- SUNDAY —.MONDAY
rett; secretary-treasurer, William Show starts immediately after Juke
Swain; reporter, Lawrence Wilson. ® ox ^ >rom -
After the introduction of the
new officers, a series of short talks
were given by various members
of the chemical engineering de
partment. Then a short business
meeting was held to decide the
aims and policies of the club for
the year.
Starring
RITA HAYWORTH
With
Andre Kostelonetz Orchestra
Service station curfews and gas- Information Please — News
oline rationing have been getting Dona , d pj” Carto()n
the publicity as the diversion of
American Petroleum
Strengthens Defense
GUION HALL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
6:45 & 8:30
'/mfmpwfMS"
Rav MILLAND • William HOLDEN
Wayne MORRIS • Brian DONLEVY
Constance MOORE * Veronica LAKE
<-A Paramount Picture^
Selected Shorts
COMING MONDAY
Barbara Stanwyck
"oAnnie Oakley